Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3188: Chapter 3189: Crystal Pool

"Do you know what worlds the reality regions covered by the Gosen Mirror Domain might encompass?" Angel looked at Laplace.

Angel was curious about the Gosen Mirror Domain, not just out of curiosity for the unknown, but also to find out if the Gosen Mirror Domain also covered any regions of the Wizards’ Realm? If indeed it does, then which part of the Wizards’ Realm could it be?

If the Gosen Mirror Domain is as he speculates and can connect to other Wizards’ Realms, Angel effectively gains a route to the four corners of the Wizards’ Realm.

Of course, this assumes he can find the way from the Daylight Mirror Domain to the Gosen Mirror Domain.

Laplace pondered for a moment, then shook her head, "This I don’t really know, but there was once a ’physical object’ that emerged from the Sea Eye of the Sea of Void Mirror that was from the Gosen Mirror Domain."

’Physical object’ implies something from reality, and a physical object from the Gosen Mirror Domain most likely corresponds to the reality regions the Gosen Mirror Domain covers.

From one aspect, you might be able to infer the whole; perhaps you can deduce something from this physical object.

"This physical object is similar to things found in many worlds."

This also means that Laplace cannot determine where this physical object originates.

"Then where is this physical object now?" Angel asked curiously.

"It’s right here with me." Laplace said while gently reaching her hand into the chair made of silvery white strands under her. — Yes, she had been sitting and moving in a chair made of hair all this time.

After a moment of exploration within the strands, Laplace brought out a palm-sized shiny heart-shaped metal piece.

"This is it." Laplace handed the heart-shaped metal to Angel.

To be precise, it’s not exactly heart-shaped metal, but perhaps a heart-shaped metal artifact.

Its silver shell was shiny and glowing. It resembled mechanical alchemy techniques, yet Angel did not sense any extraordinary power from this heart-shaped metal artifact.

Moreover, under the observation of the Eye of Nalda, the material of this heart-shaped metal artifact was listed as "???", indicating that Angel had never encountered this kind of metal; however, although the name is unknown, its approximate melting point, hardness, ductility, and stable microstructure were all displayed.

This suggests that although it’s a metal unfamiliar to Angel, its nature is not obscure, and it can be concluded that it’s not an extraordinary type of metal.

Since it’s an ordinary object, probing it with spiritual power is naturally easy.

Angel, upon receiving the heart-shaped metal artifact, immediately began to sense its internal structure.

Very soon, Angel reached a conclusion.

This is indeed not a solid piece of heart-shaped metal, but a metal box intentionally crafted into a heart shape. With the naked eye, its surface appears smooth, but in fact, there are many seams. However, the craftsmanship of this artifact is of such high precision that the cuts fit together very tightly after alignment, making them appear seamless.

The shell was crafted into a kind of mortise and tenon structure box.

Opening it requires delicate skill.

Angel could open it, but he chose not to... because no matter how finely crafted this box is, it is merely a mundane object, and its internal structure is clearly visible under the scrutiny of spiritual power.

Under spiritual observation, inside the heart-shaped metal box, there was yet another box.

However, this box was not a monolithic piece; rather, it was made of numerous interlocking metal segments, reminiscent of a Luban lock, forming a mechanism box.

To unravel the internal mechanism box would similarly require ingenuity.

But... Angel still ignored these challenges and directly probed into the core of the box.

Angel initially thought the creator intended to continue a ’nesting doll’ of boxes within boxes, but the creator restrained themselves from such a tedious thought. Inside the box was a necklace adorned with a translucent heart-shaped ruby.

Evidently, all the nested obstacles served to conceal this ruby.

This ruby, in the world of mortals, would undoubtedly be priceless, but to Angel, its value is quite ordinary.

As an Alchemist, Angel could even manually craft a similar, if not larger, ruby.

In summary, in the eyes of the original creator, the ruby is the focus of this box; but to Angel and Laplace, the focus of this box lies in its craftsmanship.

The simultaneous presence of mortise and tenon, and Luban lock-like structures is not so surprising. The surprise lies in the fact that such techniques are evidently mortal means, yet they achieve such a high level of craftsmanship.

Indeed, Angel was quite certain that this was crafted by mechanical manufacturing; no mortal hand could achieve such microscopic precision.

This indirectly indicates that this heart-shaped metal artifact must come from a world with highly advanced mechanics.

Laplace: "The craftsmanship of this item is quite complex. For mortals in the Southern Domain, perhaps only the mechanical factories of Yirong Country could achieve this; there are also similar mechanical transformation techniques in the Majestic Plane."

However, both the Southern Domain and the Majestic Plane are within the area covered by the Daylight Mirror Domain.

The physical object is unlikely to have ended up in the Gosen Mirror Domain.

"Are there any mortal worlds with such exquisite craftsmanship outside the coverage of the Daylight Mirror Domain?" Angel asked.

Laplace nodded, "Yes, and there are many. As far as I know, there are more than a dozen, and the actual number is certainly more than I am aware of."

Angel pondered for a moment, "Among these worlds you know, are there any with a similar style?"

This time Laplace thought for a while before slowly speaking, "In the dozen or so worlds I know, each has a way to craft such high-precision metal artifacts. But in terms of style, it quite resembles the style of the shell world."

"Shell world?" Angel suddenly recalled that Laplace had mentioned this world before: "Is it the world where divine power civilization and steel civilization stand opposed?"

Laplace nodded.

Angel clearly remembered, "The steel civilization’s point of origin in that world is... the Heart Kingdom."

Does this mean this artifact originated from the Heart Kingdom?

And can it be inferred that among the worlds covered by the Gosen Mirror Domain, there exists the Heart Kingdom?

"Is there any Wizards’ Realm near the shell world?" Angel asked.

If there were a Wizards’ Realm near the shell world, it might be possible to deduce whether the Gosen Mirror Domain covers any part of the four corners of the Wizards’ Realm.

Laplace pondered momentarily and shook her head, "Probably... not. The shell world is extremely far from the Wizards’ Realm. If you wizards have a psychological boundary, it’s likely beyond that boundary."

Angel trusted Laplace’s judgment; if she believed there wasn’t, then most likely there really wasn’t.

So speculating whether this heart-shaped artifact came from the Heart Kingdom was meaningless. Angel returned the heart-shaped metal artifact to Laplace and did not ponder further.

However, in response to Laplace’s earlier statement, Angel couldn’t help but retort, "Wizards have no psychological boundaries. To a wizard, as long as they can seek truth, even if it means crossing dimensions to another void with a Great Will, they will not hesitate."

Mirror creatures in the Daylight Mirror Domain might have so-called psychological boundaries; but Angel doesn’t believe wizards have them, or rather, true truth-seeking wizards absolutely have no psychological boundaries.

At least Angel wouldn’t have such boundaries.

If possible, Angel would even want to transcend this universe and take a look at the universe interface of another dimension.

Where the heart leads, no distance is too far.

Laplace did not refute, but after pondering for a moment, softly said, "Perhaps this is why miracles frequently occur among your wizards."

Only by fully believing in the existence of miracles and working tirelessly for them, will miracles descend.

For the vast majority of extraordinary creatures, even those magical creatures journeying in the void, they too have their own psychological boundaries; where are forbidden zones, where collapses occur, where malice is rolling, where infinite serenity resides, these might all become reasons for them to stop; whereas truth-seeking wizards might consider these difficulties, but they do not evade or be defeated by them, instead they find ways to circumvent or conquer these challenges.

And this, to other races might seem incredible, yet it’s a trivial thing in the wizards’ pursuit of truth, hardly worth mentioning.

It’s precisely with such pursuits that wizards virtually have no psychological boundaries.—Of course, this refers to those who truly seek truth, not the indifferent ones.

Angel didn’t continue on this topic, but casually switched to another: "Besides the Daylight Mirror Domain and the Gosen Mirror Domain, there should be other mirror domains, right?"

Laplace nodded: "I don’t know exactly how many other mirror domains there are, but three mirror domains are adjacent to the Daylight Mirror Domain, one of which is the Gosen Mirror Domain."

"As for the other two mirror domains, they are farther from the Daylight Mirror Domain, I have not found information that clearly records their names, so I cannot provide an accurate translation."

Because names have "locality" and "consensus", Laplace can roughly sense the information in this mirror domain, but her personal translation cannot be considered the most accurate translation.

Like the Gosen Mirror Domain, before acquiring the actual items from the Gosen Mirror Domain, her translation was "Lessen", and the so-called singer was translated as "musician, chanter."

Later, after obtaining some items from the Sea Eye that had information about the Gosen Mirror Domain, she naturally referred to that mirror domain as "Gosen Mirror Domain" rather than "Lessen Mirror Domain."

As for the remaining two adjacent mirror domains, although Laplace found some items, these items did not record the names of the two mirror domains.

"So, I can only follow my own translation, which may not be accurate." Laplace explained.

Angel nodded, he understood this phenomenon. Like the Panic Realm, wizards used to call it "Demon Realm", but later after going to that world, they discovered that the inhabitants there conceptualized the world as "Panic", hence it was renamed Panic Realm.

Local consensus is very important in translation.

Laplace: "One of the mirror domains contains many painting-like spaces. So I call it... Painting Mirror Domain."

Angel: "..."

Angel remembered the criteria of "faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance" for some translators on Earth mentioned in the holographic tablet, and Laplace’s translation clearly lacked those attributes.

Most likely, the so-called ’Painting Mirror Domain’ is a joke, surely it has another name.

Angel thought this in his heart but definitely couldn’t say it out loud, he just pretended to understand and nodded: "So the mirror can project painting-like spaces? No wonder it’s called Painting Mirror Domain."

Laplace: "And the other mirror domain has numerous facets with distinct edges, based on the information I have, the comprehensive translation is—Prism Mirror Domain."

Angel: "...Very well, very straightforward."

However, the real name might still not be Prism Mirror Domain.

Angel didn’t delve into whether these names were correct or not, just knowing roughly was enough: "The Gosen Mirror Domain, which is known, should be stronger than the Daylight Mirror Domain. How about the Painting Mirror Domain and the Prism Mirror Domain, compared to the Daylight Mirror Domain, which is stronger or weaker?"

Laplace thought for a moment and said: "The Painting Mirror Domain should be stronger than the Daylight Mirror Domain, while the Prism Mirror Domain isn’t much different."

Angel nodded, secretly pondering that if he had the chance to explore other mirror domains in the future, he would first choose the Prism Mirror Domain.

...

As they chatted, they walked towards the main gathering station.

Soon, they came to the last area before the main station.

From afar, they could see a sign glowing with light: Crystal Pool.

Near the door where the Crystal Pool was located, quite a few people had already gathered, and the Crystal Eye Clan guards standing by the Crystal Pool were diligently explaining the effects of the Crystal Pool.

Angel listened casually; the Crystal Pool originally did not exist, and the reason it is open now is actually a benefit given to other clans by the Crystal Eye Clan.

The Crystal Pool, although called a pool, actually feels more like the texture of a slime body. Soft, saggy, with a water-wave sensation, yet without a true feeling of immersion.

According to the Crystal Eye Clan guards, there are Crystal Embryos underneath the Crystal Pool for making Crystal Shells. Generally, they are used only by the Crystal Eye Clan, but this time it’s being distributed for free as a benefit.

As long as you get the recognition of the Crystal Embryo below when walking over the Crystal Pool, you can take the Crystal Embryo with you. The Crystal Eye Clan will also find specialists to custom-make Crystal Shells for those who get a Crystal Embryo.

According to the Crystal Eye Clan guards, this is practically a giveaway benefit.

The only thing to consider is the luck factor.

The Crystal Embryos more often recognize members of the Crystal Eye Clan, and for outsiders, getting recognized by one out of a thousand is considered pretty lucky.

That is to say, there’s only a one in a thousand probability of obtaining a Crystal Embryo.

The probability is low, but since it’s free, quite a few people are lining up to walk the Crystal Pool.

Of course, some don’t queue and go directly to the main station; however, choosing this path means they can no longer enjoy the Crystal Pool.

After all, the Crystal Eye Clan guards made it clear that the Crystal Pool is only open until this evening.

"Do you want to give it a try?" Laplace looked at Angel.

Angel, without any thought, directly shook his head: "No."

If it was a paid entry through the Crystal Pool, Angel might have considered trying it, but since it’s free...better not.

What’s free is often the most expensive.

There might be some trick inside.

Think of Lita, Hiluda’s mysterious disappearance, the hint she left for Glaipnir, and the Crystal Eye Clan youth at the previous ceremony... There must be hidden sides to the Crystal Eye Clan.

Even if currently no malicious intent is evident, it’s best to be cautious.